Legal officials are still considering whether to prosecute a Chinese restaurant at the centre of a suspected salmon- ella scare.

A full report into the possible outbreak of the food bug at Lau's Buffet King in North Road, Durham, has been completed by the Outbreak Control Team and has been discussed by members of the city council's environmental health panel.

A total of 131 people were affected, and 11 people were treated in hospital after the outbreak during May this year. Although the environmental panel has given its recommendations, a final decision on whether to prosecute will be taken by Leslie Blackie, the council's head of legal services.

A council spokesman said: "She will make a decision on what may happen in the future."